Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-17
until to morrow a. two o'clock

postpUneu until TO morrow at two o'cloc
p. m.
Yesterday afternoon the Yankto.
forces in the council were considerably
weakened and it looked as though til
court bill might pass the council.
A decline in the Chicago markets O
corn and FAX are reported to-day
Local dealers pay % cents for corn an,
n cents for fax. Top hogs $4.75.
Street Commissioner Stewart is in
dustriously at work cleaning the stree
cutters OF the winters accumulation. T,
accomplish this he is using hydran
water effectingly.
The Only alteration made in the brldg,
charter drafted by Secretary Teller il
the house committee was to increase the
length Of the spans. To this Yanktou
will make no objection.
some misoreant gave E. 81. Hamel'.
hunting dog a dose of poison yesterday
bat the brute was saved from the othe,
shore by the strenuous efforts of itt
owner and large doses OF castor oil.
Mr.. Teller says the Yankton bridge
charter will go through congress at this
session Notwithstanding the heal ap,
proach of the day of finsl adjournment
The bill is being pushed by influence
which will keep it in the front until il
becomes q law.
The sidewalks were very slippery at
an early hour this morning, and pedes-
TRANS exhibited their good sense by
keeping In the middle of, the streets. In
spite Of such precautions, down slttings
and up risings were numerous, and
druggists have disposed OF considerable
arnica and much fax seed for poultices
to-day.
A letter to the Press and Dakotaian from
General Dennis and VIM. Powers, writ
ten at st. Paul, says the chief engineer of
the Manitoba road, Mr.. Spicer, is soon to
begin the survey of the Duluth & Dem
yer line between Sioux Falls and Yank-
ton. The letter confirms all the state
ments of the Powers interview, pub
l,shed elsewhere.
A Nebraska man who was In town
yesterday and can be produced without
o habeas corpus named two towns be-
tween Yankton and Omaha which offer
respectively 100000 and $50, 600 for the
proposed railroad from Omaha to Yank-
ton. Other towns stand ready with like
liberal donations. There was never
more encouraging promise in the way
of local aid to a railroad.
Ayellow flag displayed anywhere in the
city henceforth will signify. that scarlet
fever is prevalent thereabouts. DIR. Mo
Glumphy says to-day, that very little
scarlet fever is prevalent and that the
few cases are of a mild character. The
county and city boards OF health are
thoroughly organized, and any conta-
gious diseases will be promptly quaran-
tined.
Tomorrow evening at the Congrega-
tional church Will occur another of those
rare local musical entertainments for
bi1 huo oCSOuu0 ldulOuS, Il ne
programme ls throughout an attractive
one and as a special feature the college
wallapus. has consented to appear. 1t is
seldomthat this-whstever-it-may be-
appears In public and the chance will not
be lost by the curious.
Albert Schnauschberger, Joseph
kfQiHI and Movv (I,1nLo.o, ,o~o o~-o,A II.
ed to-day On complaint OF Joseph
GInsbaaer, charged with grand larceny,
G%lnshauer claiming that yesterday the
trio stole from him 1920 in cash. The
district attorney fixed the bonds a.
$500 for all three, and set the time for
the hearing at ten O'Clock tomorrow
forenoon. The party is skirmishinR
around after bondsmen.
. Tom Payne. q descendant of the Afri-
can race who lives in Yaktop, recently
purchased some rat poison and scattered
cheese covered with it around convent
ent for the rats. After waiting q whole
day and night and not finding any de-
funct rodents he ate some of the cheese
himself, by way Of experiment. and for
several hours two men and a large rub.
Der pump were kept busy getting the
poison out of his stomach. The boy
wonders why it did not work on the
rats.
In the old cemetery on the hill in the
northern part OF the city, there are
still several marble slabs which mark
the resting PLACES OF deceased Yank-
tonians. Would it not be best for the
city to attend to the removal of these
remains to the new cemetery, where the
graves will be exempt from public in
vasion? The old cemetery is ~unfenced
and unprotected. The graves Of Mrs. CO.
Spaids, Mrs. F. sebold, Willy Gray and
John Murphy are the only ones diatin-
gulsheble among Q dozen which are
there.
The Yankton correspondent of several
eastern papers is at his old tricks. st.
Paul papers of Monday and Taesday con-
tanned telegrapbic. news from Yankton to
the effect that the food OF 1881 was like
iy to be repeated this year.. J. Il. Teller,
who returned last night says people in
Chicago asked him about this matter,
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